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BiographyJohannes Nkosi
… unveiled at the Stellawood Cemetery in Durban. During the 1950s the South African Congress of Trade Unions undertook …
BiographyAudrey ‘Bobbie’ Cobden
… her involvement in anti-apartheid politics became her main focus. In the late 1950s, Cobden worked for the multiracial Liberal Party of …
Twenty Burundian parties sign an agreement in SA on sharing power, but eleven parties, including the main Tutsi party Uprona, f
… in SA on sharing power, but eleven parties, including the main Tutsi party Uprona, f …
A borehole on the Rand-Victoria mine near Germiston strikes the Main Reef of the Witwatersrand Gold Fields at 731 meters.
… on the Rand-Victoria mine near Germiston strikes the Main Reef of the Witwatersrand Gold Fields at 731 meters. …
The Sudanese government and the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army, the main rebel group involved in the country’s 19-year-old c
… government and the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army, the main rebel group involved in the country’s 19-year-old c …
After nearly three years of negotiations, Sudan’s government and main rebel group sign the final agreement to the Naivasha, Ken
… nearly three years of negotiations, Sudan’s government and main rebel group sign the final agreement to the Naivasha, Ken …
Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson
… African National Congress (ANC) in the Transvaal in the 1950s. He taught briefly in Pimville High School until his … co-opted onto the national executive…
BiographyLawrence Nkosi
… He was a factory worker and active trade unionist by the 1950s. In 1955 the Congress of the People and the drawing up …
BiographyPhilemon Mathole
… also served on the national executive committee in the mid-1950s and was one of the accused in the Treason Trial, from …
BiographyElias Mathope Motsoaledi
… South African Communist Party (SACP) in1953.The 1950s saw the “Congress Alliance” – ANC, the Coloured … Congress Alliance and promoted interracial unionism…
BiographyJohn S. P. Motloheloa
… Free State and went to Cape Town in 1938. In the mid-1950s he was acting secretary of the African National …
BiographyStephen Tefu
… African General Workers' Union in Pretoria. Banned in the 1950s, he was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in 1961 … African General Workers' Union in…
BiographyPitness (Stalwart) H. Simelane
… leader of the African National Congress in Natal in the 1950s. As a teacher in the 1930s he helped establish high …
BiographyHoward S. Ngcobo
… in the Natal African National Congress Youth League in the 1950s, he became a member of the national executive committee … in the Natal African National…
Yusaf Ahmed Cachalia
… in the South African Indian Congress in the 1940s and 1950s; he was instrumental in bringing about African/Indian …
The main report of the Van Wyk de Vries Commission of Inquiry into Universities is tabled. It advances some positive recommenda
… L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to … The main report of the Van Wyk de Vries…
Guy Carleton Jones, mine engineer who played a major part in finding the lost main reef stretching from Randfontein to the Mooi
… mine engineer who played a major part in finding the lost main reef stretching from Randfontein to the Mooi …
The Department of Native Affairs is renamed as the Department of Bantu Administration and Development, with its main aim to pro
… of Bantu Administration and Development, with its main aim to pro …
Four agreements are signed in Lisbon connected with the construction of the Cahora Bassa Dam in Mozambique, the main one being
… L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to … construction of the Cahora Bassa Dam in…
Liberia’s main warring factions signed a peace accord calling for a cease-fire after more than five years of civil war and the
… Liberia’s main warring factions signed a peace accord calling for a …
The Trans-Kalahari main road, the first road south of the Sahara to connect the Atlantic and Indian Ocean, is opened.
… The Trans-Kalahari main road, the first road south of the Sahara to connect the …
BiographySimon Tyeku
… of the Sophiatown African National Congress in the mid-1950s and a first-string accused in the Treason Trial of …
BiographyNarainsamy Thumbi Naicker
… Natal politics as a supporter of G M Naicker . In the mid-1950s he served as general secretary of the Natal Indian …
BiographyGertrude Hope (nee Posthumus) Cooper
… 1942 to 1944 where she graduated with a BA degree with her main subjects being English and Nederlands and Afrikaans. … at the Cape Supreme Court. They set up…
BiographyC. J. Mayekiso
… volunteer during the 1952 Defiance Campaign . In the mid-1950s he was a member of the Cape ANC executive and also …
BiographyDorothy Masuka
… groups and other big bands that featured in the 1950s. By composing her own songs that were inspired by events occurring in the South African townships in…
The final report by Justice Snyman on the Paarl Riots is submitted to Parliament. It analyses the main causes of the riots.
… L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to … Paarl Riots is submitted to Parliament. It…
President F W de Klerk arrives in Washington at the start of a three-day visit, stressing that his main aim is not the lifting
… at the start of a three-day visit, stressing that his main aim is not the lifting …
Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen buys the section of the farm Lang Leegte, on which the main gold reef of the Witwatersrand was di
… buys the section of the farm Lang Leegte, on which the main gold reef of the Witwatersrand was di …
Comdt-Gen. Piet Joubert attacks Venda Chief Mpefu’s main kraal during the Mpefu War (also called Magato War). The sub-chiefs su
… Comdt-Gen. Piet Joubert attacks Venda Chief Mpefu’s main kraal during the Mpefu War (also called Magato War). The …